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The INDEPENDENT, January 6, 2011
Banks 2010 Year in Review
School Board handles routine matters
by Dalan Lee
Jan. – WAVE bus service starts.
Jan. 13 – Rob Fowler sworn in as new councilor. Lions
Club presents new flag to city.
Jan. 16 – The Banks Beautification Pennant Project
completion ceremony held.
Feb. 9 – Sellers Road Realignment Project goes out
for bid.
Mar. 7 – Banks Volunteer Firefighters’ annual
Breakfast.
Mar. 8 – School board hears Facilities Planning Com-
mittee 3 recommend an approximately $25
million bond.
Mar. 13 – Banks Community Foundation holds Soup ‘N
Music Festival.
Apr. 24 – Banks Community Auction.
May 1 – Sellers Road Realignment Project set to
begin.
May 15 – Dan Hilger Memorial Trap Shoot.
June 11 – Banks High School graduation ceremonies.
Aug. 9 – School board approves $25.98 million bond
measure for November election.
Aug. 13 – Sellers Road reopens after alignment.
Aug. 20-22 – 64th Banks BBQ, Truck/Tractor Pull &
Combine Demolition Derby.
Oct. 15 – Sellers Road Realignment Project is com-
pleted.
Oct. 29 – Last section of Banks-Vernonia State Trail
opened.
Nov. 2 – Banks school bond measure fails. City
Councilors Pete Edison, Rob Fowler and Mark
Gregg re-elected without opposition.
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The Banks School District
board meeting, on December
13, included topics ranging
from outdoor school to voting
on an Oregon State Board As-
sociation (OSBA) election. Oth-
er items discussed included a
newly instituted policy regard-
ing staff use of electronic com-
munications, and collective
bargaining negotiations. Ad-
ministrators present were also
able to share other news re-
garding Banks schools.
A student of Mr. Harris’ sixth
grade class gave a presenta-
tion on this year’s outdoor
school, which was held Octo-
ber 26-29. Her presentation in-
cluded the unforgettable expe-
rience of dissecting a squid, but
also the joys of the campfire
and other enjoyable daily activ-
ities.
Deliberations were held on
three OSBA resolutions and the
selection of a new OSBA Rep-
resentative for the Forest
Grove District. The board voted
unanimously for Karen Cun-
ningham of Beaverton, who
was unopposed for Frank Mar-
ble’s seat. The first resolution,
which called for annual auto-
matic dues increases from
OSBA members, was unani-
mously opposed. Resolution 2,
to amend the OSBA constitu-
tion by updating language with
previously approved legisla-
tion, was opposed by board
members Richard Bowden and
Will Moore, and approved by
Laurie Schlegel and Norie
Dimeo-Ediger.
Chairperson
Kathy Edison broke the tie by
voting to approve the resolu-
tion. The vote on the third reso-
lution, to ratify certain OSBA
priorities and legislative poli-
cies, was split in the same
fashion, but Edison voted with
Moore and Bowden, against
the resolution. In state-wide re-
sults, only the first resolution
was defeated.
Superintendent Jim Foster
asked the board to consider a
new policy that restricts staff
use of any communication de-
vice during instruction time or
while on duty. The policy also
restricts the posting of confi-
dential information about staff
or students on the internet via
popular social networking sites.
Bowden expressed concern
about encroachment on staff’s
personal life, and asked, “Can
we do that?” Foster explained
that the policy just required re-
spectful posts and to keep elec-
tronic communication between
staff and students school-relat-
ed. After discussion, the board
unanimously approved the pol-
icy.
The board appointed a team
for collective-bargaining negoti-
ations with employees’ repre-
sentatives. The team includes
Foster, principals Mark Everett
and Bob Huston, board chair
Kathy Edison, vice-chair Will
Moore, and business manager
Simon Lavear.
Administrators’ reports in-
cluded information on National
Honor Society inductees, an
outstanding fall sports season,
staff development, and student
fundraisers for the homeless.
Student services director
Shelly Mitchell also reported
that the district met the new
Department of Education man-
dates, called Annual Measur-
able Achievement Objectives,
or AMAOs, regarding progress
for English language learning
students. The students are
identified with the state issued
English Language Proficiency
Assessment.
The meeting was adjourned
at 7: 25 p.m. To be personally
informed, attend the next regu-
lar session on Wednesday,
January 12 at 7:00 p.m.
New rules for sturgeon fishing
According to the Oregon De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife
the retention season for white
sturgeon on the Columbia Riv-
er from McNary Dam upstream
to Priest Rapids Dam and in
the lower Snake River is per-
mitted seven days a week from
February 1 through July 31.
Previously, the retention sea-
son in this area was open year-
around.
The rule change was adopt-
ed to reflect similar changes in
sturgeon retention above Mc-
Nary adopted last spring. The
two states jointly manage the
Columbia from its mouth up-
stream to the Oregon/Washing-
ton border, including a 17-mile
mile section above McNary
Dam.
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“Whenever possible, we
want our regulations for con-
current waters to be consistent
with those of our partners in
Washington,” said John North,
manager of ODFW’s Ocean
Salmon and Columbia River
Program.
The retention sturgeon sea-
sons in Bonneville, The Dalles
and John Day reservoirs re-
main unchanged and is open
seven days a week now, as
outlined in ODFW’s 2011 Sport
Fishing Regulations. Each
reservoir has its own manage-
ment guidelines and the sea-
sons will continue until the har-
vest limits are met. The current
harvest limits for each pool are:
Bonneville – 1,400; The Dalles
– 300; John Day – 165.
Between Bonneville Dam
and The Dalles Dam, sturgeon
must be 38-54 inches fork
length to be retained. From The
Dalles Dam upstream, the slot
limit is 43-54 inches fork length.
The bag limit is one sturgeon
per day and a maximum of five
for the year. Anglers are re-
quired to use single point barb-
less hooks. Catch-and-release
sturgeon fishing is allowed
year-around.